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mm/gup: introduce pin_user_pages_locked(), use it in frame_vector.c

PATCH Superseded John Hubbard 4 participants 10 messages May 27, 2020 – May 31, 2020

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John Hubbard

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#0 lore raw

cover mm/gup: introduce pin_user_pages_locked(), use it in frame_vector.c

Hi,

This applies on top of the pin_user_pages_unlocked() patch that I sent earlier [1].

This adds yet one more pin_user_pages*() variant, and uses that to convert mm/frame_vector.c.

With this, along with maybe 20 or 30 other recent patches in various trees, we are close to having the relevant gup call sites converted--with the notable exception of the bio/block layer.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

John Hubbard (2):
mm/gup: introduce pin_user_pages_locked()
mm/gup: frame_vector: convert get_user_pages() --> pin_user_pages()

 include/linux/mm.h |  2 ++
 mm/frame_vector.c  |  7 +++----
 mm/gup.c           | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

base-commit: 9cb1fd0efd195590b828b9b865421ad345a4a145

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2.26.2
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#1 lore raw

PATCH 1/2 mm/gup: introduce pin_user_pages_locked()

Introduce pin_user_pages_locked(), which is nearly identical to get_user_pages_locked() except that it sets FOLL_PIN and rejects FOLL_GET.

---
 include/linux/mm.h |  2 ++
 mm/gup.c           | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
include/linux/mm.h +2 -0
index 98be7289d7e9..d16951087c93 100644
@@ -1700,6 +1700,8 @@ long pin_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
 		    struct vm_area_struct **vmas);
 long get_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
 		    unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, int *locked);
+long pin_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
+		    unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, int *locked);
 long get_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
 		    struct page **pages, unsigned int gup_flags);
 long pin_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
mm/gup.c +30 -0
index 2f0a0b497c23..17418a949067 100644
@@ -2992,3 +2992,33 @@ long pin_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
 	return get_user_pages_unlocked(start, nr_pages, pages, gup_flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pin_user_pages_unlocked);
+
+/*
+ * pin_user_pages_locked() is the FOLL_PIN variant of get_user_pages_locked().
+ * Behavior is the same, except that this one sets FOLL_PIN and rejects
+ * FOLL_GET.
+ */
+long pin_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
+			   unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
+			   int *locked)
+{
+	/*
+	 * FIXME: Current FOLL_LONGTERM behavior is incompatible with
+	 * FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY because of the FS DAX check requirement on
+	 * vmas.  As there are no users of this flag in this call we simply
+	 * disallow this option for now.
+	 */
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_LONGTERM))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* FOLL_GET and FOLL_PIN are mutually exclusive. */
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_GET))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	gup_flags |= FOLL_PIN;
+	return __get_user_pages_locked(current, current->mm, start, nr_pages,
+				       pages, NULL, locked,
+				       gup_flags | FOLL_TOUCH);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(pin_user_pages_locked);
+
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#2 lore raw

Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/gup: introduce pin_user_pages_locked()

Quoted 52 lines · John Hubbard

Introduce pin_user_pages_locked(), which is nearly identical to get_user_pages_locked() except that it sets FOLL_PIN and rejects FOLL_GET.

---
 include/linux/mm.h |  2 ++
 mm/gup.c           | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
include/linux/mm.h +2 -0
index 98be7289d7e9..d16951087c93 100644
@@ -1700,6 +1700,8 @@ long pin_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
 		    struct vm_area_struct **vmas);
 long get_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
 		    unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, int *locked);
+long pin_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
+		    unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, int *locked);
 long get_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
 		    struct page **pages, unsigned int gup_flags);
 long pin_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
mm/gup.c +20 -0
index 2f0a0b497c23..17418a949067 100644
@@ -2992,3 +2992,33 @@ long pin_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
 	return get_user_pages_unlocked(start, nr_pages, pages, gup_flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pin_user_pages_unlocked);
+
+/*
+ * pin_user_pages_locked() is the FOLL_PIN variant of get_user_pages_locked().
+ * Behavior is the same, except that this one sets FOLL_PIN and rejects
+ * FOLL_GET.
+ */
+long pin_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
+			   unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
+			   int *locked)
+{
+	/*
+	 * FIXME: Current FOLL_LONGTERM behavior is incompatible with
+	 * FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY because of the FS DAX check requirement on
+	 * vmas.  As there are no users of this flag in this call we simply
+	 * disallow this option for now.
+	 */
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_LONGTERM))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* FOLL_GET and FOLL_PIN are mutually exclusive. */

mm/gup.c long pin_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, · line 3024

Quoted 10 lines
mm/gup.c +10 -0
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_GET))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	gup_flags |= FOLL_PIN;
+	return __get_user_pages_locked(current, current->mm, start, nr_pages,
+				       pages, NULL, locked,
+				       gup_flags | FOLL_TOUCH);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(pin_user_pages_locked);
+

LGTM

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb
#3 lore raw

Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/gup: introduce pin_user_pages_locked()

In reply to John Hubbard
Quoted 46 lines · John Hubbard

Introduce pin_user_pages_locked(), which is nearly identical to get_user_pages_locked() except that it sets FOLL_PIN and rejects FOLL_GET.

---
 include/linux/mm.h |  2 ++
 mm/gup.c           | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
include/linux/mm.h +2 -0
index 98be7289d7e9..d16951087c93 100644
@@ -1700,6 +1700,8 @@ long pin_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
                    struct vm_area_struct **vmas);
 long get_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
                    unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, int *locked);
+long pin_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
+                   unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, int *locked);
 long get_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
                    struct page **pages, unsigned int gup_flags);
 long pin_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
mm/gup.c +14 -0
index 2f0a0b497c23..17418a949067 100644
@@ -2992,3 +2992,33 @@ long pin_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
        return get_user_pages_unlocked(start, nr_pages, pages, gup_flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pin_user_pages_unlocked);
+
+/*
+ * pin_user_pages_locked() is the FOLL_PIN variant of get_user_pages_locked().
+ * Behavior is the same, except that this one sets FOLL_PIN and rejects
+ * FOLL_GET.
+ */
+long pin_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
+                          unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
+                          int *locked)
+{
+       /*
+        * FIXME: Current FOLL_LONGTERM behavior is incompatible with
+        * FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY because of the FS DAX check requirement on
+        * vmas.  As there are no users of this flag in this call we simply

mm/gup.c long pin_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, · line 3018

Quoted 10 lines
mm/gup.c +10 -0
+        * disallow this option for now.
+        */
+       if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_LONGTERM))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       /* FOLL_GET and FOLL_PIN are mutually exclusive. */
+       if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_GET))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       gup_flags |= FOLL_PIN;

Right now get_user_pages_locked() doesn't have similar check for FOLL_PIN and also not setting FOLL_GET internally irrespective of gup_flags passed by user.
Do we need to add the same in get_user_pages_locked() ?

Quoted 10 lines
mm/gup.c +6 -1
+       return __get_user_pages_locked(current, current->mm, start, nr_pages,
+                                      pages, NULL, locked,
+                                      gup_flags | FOLL_TOUCH);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(pin_user_pages_locked);
+
--

2.26.2

#4 lore raw

Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/gup: introduce pin_user_pages_locked()

Quoted 6 lines · Souptick Joarder
Quoted 4 lines · John Hubbard

Introduce pin_user_pages_locked(), which is nearly identical to get_user_pages_locked() except that it sets FOLL_PIN and rejects FOLL_GET.

Forget to ask, is it fine to add this new pin_user_pages_locked() in Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst ?

Quoted 68 lines
Quoted 42 lines
---
 include/linux/mm.h |  2 ++
 mm/gup.c           | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
include/linux/mm.h +2 -0
index 98be7289d7e9..d16951087c93 100644
@@ -1700,6 +1700,8 @@ long pin_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
                    struct vm_area_struct **vmas);
 long get_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
                    unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, int *locked);
+long pin_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
+                   unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, int *locked);
 long get_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
                    struct page **pages, unsigned int gup_flags);
 long pin_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
mm/gup.c +14 -0
index 2f0a0b497c23..17418a949067 100644
@@ -2992,3 +2992,33 @@ long pin_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
        return get_user_pages_unlocked(start, nr_pages, pages, gup_flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pin_user_pages_unlocked);
+
+/*
+ * pin_user_pages_locked() is the FOLL_PIN variant of get_user_pages_locked().
+ * Behavior is the same, except that this one sets FOLL_PIN and rejects
+ * FOLL_GET.
+ */
+long pin_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
+                          unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
+                          int *locked)
+{
+       /*
+        * FIXME: Current FOLL_LONGTERM behavior is incompatible with
+        * FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY because of the FS DAX check requirement on
+        * vmas.  As there are no users of this flag in this call we simply

mm/gup.c long pin_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, · line 3018

Quoted 10 lines
mm/gup.c +10 -0
+        * disallow this option for now.
+        */
+       if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_LONGTERM))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       /* FOLL_GET and FOLL_PIN are mutually exclusive. */
+       if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_GET))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       gup_flags |= FOLL_PIN;

Right now get_user_pages_locked() doesn't have similar check for FOLL_PIN and also not setting FOLL_GET internally irrespective of gup_flags passed by user.
Do we need to add the same in get_user_pages_locked() ?

Quoted 10 lines
mm/gup.c +6 -1
+       return __get_user_pages_locked(current, current->mm, start, nr_pages,
+                                      pages, NULL, locked,
+                                      gup_flags | FOLL_TOUCH);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(pin_user_pages_locked);
+
--

2.26.2

author reviewer
#5 lore raw

Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/gup: introduce pin_user_pages_locked()

Quoted 11 lines · Souptick Joarder
Quoted 6 lines · Souptick Joarder
Quoted 4 lines · John Hubbard

Introduce pin_user_pages_locked(), which is nearly identical to get_user_pages_locked() except that it sets FOLL_PIN and rejects FOLL_GET.

Forget to ask, is it fine to add this new pin_user_pages_locked() in Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst ?

I wasn't planning on maintaining a rigorous list of all of the pin_user_page*() API calls, in pin_user_pages.rst. Each call is documented in gup.c, for that. The .rst is there to help explain things at a slighly higher abstraction level.

thanks,

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John Hubbard
NVIDIA
author reviewer
#6 lore raw

Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/gup: introduce pin_user_pages_locked()

In reply to Souptick Joarder

On 2020-05-31 00:04, Souptick Joarder wrote:
...

Quoted 17 lines
Quoted 17 lines
mm/gup.c +17 -0
+/*
+ * pin_user_pages_locked() is the FOLL_PIN variant of get_user_pages_locked().
+ * Behavior is the same, except that this one sets FOLL_PIN and rejects
+ * FOLL_GET.
+ */
+long pin_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
+                          unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
+                          int *locked)
+{
+       /*
+        * FIXME: Current FOLL_LONGTERM behavior is incompatible with
+        * FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY because of the FS DAX check requirement on
+        * vmas.  As there are no users of this flag in this call we simply
+        * disallow this option for now.
+        */
+       if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_LONGTERM))
+               return -EINVAL;
Quoted 8 lines

mm/gup.c long pin_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, · line 3018

Quoted 6 lines
mm/gup.c +6 -0
+
+       /* FOLL_GET and FOLL_PIN are mutually exclusive. */
+       if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_GET))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       gup_flags |= FOLL_PIN;

Right now get_user_pages_locked() doesn't have similar check for FOLL_PIN

Yes, that should be added...

Quoted 3 lines

and also not setting FOLL_GET internally irrespective of gup_flags passed by user.
Do we need to add the same in get_user_pages_locked() ?

...and no, that should not.

Yes, it's prudent to assert that FOLL_PIN is *not* set, at all the get_user_pages*() API calls, thanks for spotting that. I'll add that to this patch and send out a v2.

The same check should also be added to get_user_pages_unlocked(). I'll send out a correction (I think just a v3 of that patchset) to add that.

The setting of FOLL_GET, on the other hand, is something best left as-is so far. Some call sites set FOLL_GET, some want it *not* set, and some expect that FOLL_GET is implied, and at the moment, the delicate balance is correct. :)

thanks,

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NVIDIA
Acked-by on v1 1/2
#7 lore raw

Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/gup: introduce pin_user_pages_locked()

In reply to John Hubbard
Quoted 66 lines · John Hubbard

Introduce pin_user_pages_locked(), which is nearly identical to get_user_pages_locked() except that it sets FOLL_PIN and rejects FOLL_GET.

---
 include/linux/mm.h |  2 ++
 mm/gup.c           | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
include/linux/mm.h +2 -0
index 98be7289d7e9..d16951087c93 100644
@@ -1700,6 +1700,8 @@ long pin_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
                    struct vm_area_struct **vmas);
 long get_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
                    unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, int *locked);
+long pin_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
+                   unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, int *locked);
 long get_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
                    struct page **pages, unsigned int gup_flags);
 long pin_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
mm/gup.c +30 -1
index 2f0a0b497c23..17418a949067 100644
@@ -2992,3 +2992,33 @@ long pin_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
        return get_user_pages_unlocked(start, nr_pages, pages, gup_flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pin_user_pages_unlocked);
+
+/*
+ * pin_user_pages_locked() is the FOLL_PIN variant of get_user_pages_locked().
+ * Behavior is the same, except that this one sets FOLL_PIN and rejects
+ * FOLL_GET.
+ */
+long pin_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
+                          unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
+                          int *locked)
+{
+       /*
+        * FIXME: Current FOLL_LONGTERM behavior is incompatible with
+        * FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY because of the FS DAX check requirement on
+        * vmas.  As there are no users of this flag in this call we simply
+        * disallow this option for now.
+        */
+       if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_LONGTERM))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       /* FOLL_GET and FOLL_PIN are mutually exclusive. */
+       if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_GET))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       gup_flags |= FOLL_PIN;
+       return __get_user_pages_locked(current, current->mm, start, nr_pages,
+                                      pages, NULL, locked,
+                                      gup_flags | FOLL_TOUCH);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(pin_user_pages_locked);
+
--

2.26.2

author reviewer
#8 lore raw

PATCH 2/2 mm/gup: frame_vector: convert get_user_pages() --> pin_user_pages()

In reply to John Hubbard

This code was using get_user_pages*(), and all of the callers so far were in a "Case 2" scenario (DMA/RDMA), using the categorization from [1]. That means that it's time to convert the get_user_pages*() + put_page() calls to pin_user_pages*() + unpin_user_pages() calls.

There is some helpful background in [2]: basically, this is a small part of fixing a long-standing disconnect between pinning pages, and file systems' use of those pages.

[1] Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst

[2] "Explicit pinning of user-space pages":

    https://lwn.net/Articles/807108/
---
 mm/frame_vector.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
mm/frame_vector.c +3 -4
index c431ca81dad5..4107dbca0056 100644
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ int get_vaddr_frames(unsigned long start, unsigned int nr_frames,
 	if (!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP))) {
 		vec->got_ref = true;
 		vec->is_pfns = false;
-		ret = get_user_pages_locked(start, nr_frames,
+		ret = pin_user_pages_locked(start, nr_frames,
 			gup_flags, (struct page **)(vec->ptrs), &locked);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_vaddr_frames);
  */
 void put_vaddr_frames(struct frame_vector *vec)
 {
-	int i;
 	struct page **pages;
 
 	if (!vec->got_ref)
@@ -135,8 +134,8 @@ void put_vaddr_frames(struct frame_vector *vec)
 	 */
 	if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR(pages)))
 		goto out;
-	for (i = 0; i < vec->nr_frames; i++)
-		put_page(pages[i]);
+
+	unpin_user_pages(pages, vec->nr_frames);
 	vec->got_ref = false;
 out:
 	vec->nr_frames = 0;
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2.26.2
#9 lore raw

Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm/gup: frame_vector: convert get_user_pages() --> pin_user_pages()

Quoted 42 lines · John Hubbard

This code was using get_user_pages*(), and all of the callers so far were in a "Case 2" scenario (DMA/RDMA), using the categorization from [1]. That means that it's time to convert the get_user_pages*() + put_page() calls to pin_user_pages*() + unpin_user_pages() calls.

There is some helpful background in [2]: basically, this is a small part of fixing a long-standing disconnect between pinning pages, and file systems' use of those pages.

[1] Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst

[2] "Explicit pinning of user-space pages":

    https://lwn.net/Articles/807108/
---
 mm/frame_vector.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
mm/frame_vector.c +1 -2
index c431ca81dad5..4107dbca0056 100644
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ int get_vaddr_frames(unsigned long start, unsigned int nr_frames,
 	if (!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP))) {
 		vec->got_ref = true;
 		vec->is_pfns = false;
-		ret = get_user_pages_locked(start, nr_frames,
+		ret = pin_user_pages_locked(start, nr_frames,
 			gup_flags, (struct page **)(vec->ptrs), &locked);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_vaddr_frames);
  */
 void put_vaddr_frames(struct frame_vector *vec)
 {
-	int i;
 	struct page **pages;
 
 	if (!vec->got_ref)

mm/frame_vector.c void put_vaddr_frames(struct frame_vector *vec) · line 141

Quoted 10 lines
mm/frame_vector.c +2 -2
@@ -135,8 +134,8 @@ void put_vaddr_frames(struct frame_vector *vec)
 	 */
 	if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR(pages)))
 		goto out;
-	for (i = 0; i < vec->nr_frames; i++)
-		put_page(pages[i]);
+
+	unpin_user_pages(pages, vec->nr_frames);
 	vec->got_ref = false;
 out:
 	vec->nr_frames = 0;

Not familiar with this code, but from what I can tell this LGTM.

Signature · 3 lines
Thanks,

David / dhildenb